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...that they did not confine themselves to the question at issue nor did they show any possible way by which bimetallism could be put in force. It was Yale's position that the Harvard speakers if they maintained that gold monometallism was a product of evolution were in the wrong. That if they declared that what is virtually a gold standard here in the United States has been beneficial, they were mistaken. And that to definitively adopt a single gold standard would be to bring about the evils of silver monometallism. The rebuttals were full of snap and vigor...
...conclusion. So it is in all forms of legislation. The first thing needed is to reform the character of the men. To talk about attending first to the tariff or other public questions so that we may get time for the question of men, is to begin at the wrong end. We must first get our good men and then we will have good legislation as a matter of course...
...whole subject of orators and oratory contains much of great importance to you all. As future voters of this country you should have interest in oratory. To be able to stand on your feet and hold your own, to object to a wrong, to advance a right; all these you must do. The great men whom I have known exerted an influence and you are now to succeed them. That generation has passed off the stage. You must take their place...
...think the class has received distinctly a wrong impression as to the intention and methods of the Corporation Committee. No body could have the interests of the College more at heart than the men on this committee, or could have treated our committee more courteously. Our committee, on the other hand, was somewhat to blame for not taking more notice of the objections to the character of the exercises at our first joint meeting. Such objections were made and were reported to the class through the CRIMSON. Since the objections discussed at this meeting were principally against the seats...
...colleges was once a time honored custom; but, of late, it has been almost completely suppressed. So the argument for sentiment amounts to nothing if it can be shown that the custom is a bad one. Nor is it any argument to say that former classes have seen nothing wrong in the Tree exercises. Not to speak of the fact that the exercises have grown worse year by year, it is enough to remember that hazing and slavery were thought proper in their...